Clover Bar

The Clover Bar electoral district was formed from the Edmonton, Leduc, Camrose and Victoria electoral districts prior to the 1930 Alberta general election. The Clover Bar electoral district would be abolished and the Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan electoral district would be formed in its place prior to the 1993 Alberta general election.

{{AbMLA/top|Members of the Legislative Assembly for Clover Bar}}

{{AbMLA/change|See Camrose, Edmonton electoral district from 1921-1930,
Leduc electoral district from 1905-1930
and Victoria electoral district from 1905-1930}}

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| FromYr = 1930

| ToYr = 1935

| Assembly# = 7

| AbParty = United Farmers

| RepName = Rudolph Hennig

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| PartyTerms# = 1

| RepTerms# = 1

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| FromYr = 1935

| ToYr = 1940

| Assembly# = 8

| AbParty = Social Credit

| RepName = Floyd M. Baker

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| PartyTerms# = 12

| RepTerms# = 8

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| FromYr = 1940

| ToYr = 1944

| Assembly# = 9

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| FromYr = 1944

| ToYr = 1948

| Assembly# = 10

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| FromYr = 1948

| ToYr = 1952

| Assembly# = 11

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| FromYr = 1952

| ToYr = 1955

| Assembly# = 12

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| FromYr = 1955

| ToYr = 1959

| Assembly# = 13

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| FromYr = 1959

| ToYr = 1963

| Assembly# = 14

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| FromYr = 1963

| ToYr = 1967

| Assembly# = 15

}}

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| FromYr = 1967

| ToYr = 1971

| Assembly# = 16

| RepName = Walter A. Buck

| RepLink = Walt Buck

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| RepTerms# = 6

}}

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| FromYr = 1971

| ToYr = 1975

| Assembly# = 17

}}

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| FromYr = 1975

| ToYr = 1979

| Assembly# = 18

}}

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| FromYr = 1979

| ToYr = 1982

| Assembly# = 19

}}

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| FromYr = 1982

| ToYr = 1986

| Assembly# = 20

| AbParty = Independent

| PartyTerms# = 1

}}

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| FromYr = 1986

| ToYr = 1989

| Assembly# = 21

| AbParty = Representative

| PartyTerms# = 1

}}

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| FromYr = 1989

| ToYr = 1993

| Assembly# = 22

| AbParty = PC

| RepName = Kurt Gesell

| RepLink =

| #ByElections =

| PartyTerms# = 1

| RepTerms# = 1

}}

{{AbMLA/change|See Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan electoral district from 1993-2001}}

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On October 30, 1957, a stand-alone plebiscite was held province wide in all 50 of the then current provincial electoral districts in Alberta. The government decided to consult Alberta voters to decide on liquor sales and mixed drinking after a divisive debate in the legislature. The plebiscite was intended to deal with the growing demand for reforming antiquated liquor control laws.{{cite news|title=Albertans Vote 2 to 1 For More Liquor Outlets|publisher=The Lethbridge Herald|date=October 31, 1957|pages=1–2|work=Vol L No 273}}

The plebiscite was conducted in two parts. Question A, asked in all districts, asked the voters if the sale of liquor should be expanded in Alberta, while Question B, asked in a handful of districts within the corporate limits of Calgary and Edmonton, asked if men and women should be allowed to drink together in establishments. Question B was slightly modified depending on which city the voters were in.

Province wide Question A of the plebiscite passed in 33 of the 50 districts while Question B passed in all five districts. Clover Bar voted overwhelmingly in favour of the plebiscite. The district recorded average voter turnout almost being equal to the province wide 46% average.

Clover Bar also voted on question B2 with a number of residents living inside the electoral district within the corporate limits of Edmonton. Residents voted for mixed drinking with a super majority. Turnout for question B was also quite high; Edmonton residents averaged a significantly higher turnout than those who lived outside the city.

Official district returns were released to the public on December 31, 1957. The Social Credit government in power at the time did not consider the results binding.{{cite news|title=No Sudden Change In Alberta Drinking Habits Is Seen|publisher=The Lethbridge Herald|date=October 24, 1957|page=1|work=Vol L No 267}} However the results of the vote led the government to repeal all existing liquor legislation and introduce an entirely new Liquor Act.{{cite news|title=Entirely New Act On Liquor|publisher=The Lethbridge Herald|date=March 5, 1968|page=1|work=Vol LI No 72}}

Municipal districts lying inside electoral districts that voted against the plebiscite were designated Local Option Zones by the Alberta Liquor Control Board and considered effective dry zones. Business owners who wanted a licence had to petition for a binding municipal plebiscite in order to be granted a licence.{{cite book|title=Alberta Bills 12th Legislature 1st Session|publisher=Government of Alberta|chapter=Bill 81|page=40|year=1958}}

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts

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• {{cite book |author1=Office of the Chief Electoral Officer |author2=Legislative Assembly Office |author2-link=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |author-link1=Elections Alberta |title=A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005 |date=2006 |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |series=The Centennial Series |location=Edmonton, AB |isbn=0-9689217-8-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/centennialseries04perr/mode/2up |access-date=25 May 2020}}

• [http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/ Elections Alberta]
• [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ The Legislative Assembly of Alberta]

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